Police and Fire

A city police sergeant working graveyard heard someone shaking a can of spray paint in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Not long after, two teens were in custody, one of whom admitted to over 100 instances of graffiti.
The Dalles Police Sgt. Dan Nelson was “sitting dark” in his patrol car downtown when he heard the rattle of a can of spray paint within a block of his location.

A 12-year-old boy was found deceased in his home Friday morning in The Dalles, city police said.
Devin Johnson was a student at The Dalles Middle School, said The Dalles Police Chief Jay Waterbury. He lived in the 2100 block of East 12th Street.

According to OSP Lieutenant Pat Shortt, at approximately 8:25 a.m. Monday, March 16, Wasco County Sheriff's Deputies arrived at 1100 Mt. Hood St., in The Dalles, to serve civil papers on the resident living there. As deputies knocked on the door gunshots were heard from within and deputies fell back and requested additional police to respond. Officers arriving at the scene created a perimeter and attempted negotiations with the occupant. Shortly thereafter, smoke began to come from inside the residence.